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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Turbine Duke Out Now

spotlope said:
I took it up for a nice cross-country flight from KCMW to Penticton, BC last night. As has been noted, this thing is a little rocket. Got it up to FL250 and was happily cruising above the Canadian Cascades when out of the blue my right engine shut down. No idea what happened to it - I'd been monitoring my gauges, and all seemed well. As I was futzing around trying to maintain my airspeed while simultaneously locating the nearest airfield and coaxing the dead engine back to life, my left engine stopped! Man, that is an eerie silence when you lose both mills. Thankfully, I was high enough to have some maneuvering room in my huge glider, and I found a suitable field and plummeted towards it. Ultimately, I miscalculated on the speed I'd need to maintain, and had a pretty rough landing just before the runway threshold. It's okay though, I was close enough for emergency workers to pull me from the wreckage. :salute:

Clearly, a visit back to the manual is in order. I've no clue why I lost both engines, but I'm game to try again.
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Hi Bill,

Glad you are enjoying the DukeT. Could be the oil temp. We took a little license with this feature as some Duke flyers tell us that the oil tends to be cool enough unless you are climbing with lots of power at low airspeed.

We included the oil doors, which have two positions, half and full open. This makes sure the oil is always below redline 100 degrees. It can creep up on you though even at altitude. The oil gauges are not best positioned (on the real Duke too) and you have to pull the prop levers away a little, or try another view, to see both of them.

All the best,

Rob - RealAir
 
Thanks, Rob. The bit about oil temp had occurred to me - in fact, it's the only explanation I can think of. I'll have to keep an eye on those doors.
 
spotlope,

A "Jag" paint would be fitting on her!!!

Your Bonanza F33A with your JAG is the only paint I can fly on her :wavey:
 
I own most all the Ra stuff but 35 bucks for a upgrade! That killed my impulse buy buzz real quick. No disrespect cause all of your products are top of the line but I guess I was expecting $15-$20. $35 puts my feeling of buying a "what the he**" upgrade to getting a entirely new plane.
 
JIMJAM said:
I own most all the Ra stuff but 35 bucks for a upgrade! That killed my impulse buy buzz real quick. No disrespect cause all of your products are top of the line but I guess I was expecting $15-$20. $35 puts my feeling of buying a "what the he**" upgrade to getting a entirely new plane.
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It is a new model for the most part, especially considering the difficulty in modeling turboprops in FS. IMHO it's well worth the money.
 
Oh I am sure it is alot of effort and I am also sure the plane is a gem. My only gripe about the piston was it put a real hurting on my system. My only gripe about the turbine is the price made me have to stop and think twice about hitting the "buy" button. Most times when that happens I blow it off and with my short attention span never consider it again. Maybe if some vids start popping up I will reconsider.
 
monk1 said:
It is a new model for the most part, especially considering the difficulty in modeling turboprops in FS. IMHO it's well worth the money.
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+1 Think of it as paying $35 for a new plane. Most everything is different, except a few gauges.
 
I have no regrets and glad to have both versions of the Duke. They really are very different animals and as a student pilot find this comparing these two types of GA flying very interesting. Plus they look and sound cool and have a very high immersion factor.
 
A long high def vid just popped up on yt. I have been waiting for years for a Kingair but hearing these turbines is music to my ears. I'm in.
 
After all this time since release of FSX, the only two remaining aircraft that felt I left behind and missed from FS9 were a B-29 and the Aeroworx King Air.

After the release of the Carenado C340 II and now this Duke Turbo, I reduced that "missing" list by one.

Between the two I have a chunkier sized twin and now twin turbines. The Aeroworx KA void has been satisfied on my end. :)

FAC
 
Yep a king air 200 would be awesome. At one time F1 was working on one.... not sure of its status now... :(
 
See day llight at the bottom of desk

Hello.The turbine duke is outstanding.But when i open the door.Looking inside at the folding desk.At the bottom of the desk is a gap, you can see outside.Does anyone else see this.
 
1st impressions. Took 2-100 mile A-B gps ifr flight plan hops. Like the Duke, the turbine puts the same amount of strain on my system. Activesky was really active with alot of storms,low clouds which did not help. 15-20 fps but smooth. The only real world planes I have any amount of time in are the Kingairs,Conquest and Mu-2s. When simming I am not a fly by the numbers kinda guy, its a break from reality for me, but everything felt right and reacted as one would expect it to. Thats really what counts imo. Like most turbines in FSX the most exciting operational phase is ground ops. While both feet were on the brakes "I thought" with Trackir I was looking down learning whats is where. I glance up and was a good 1/4 mile at the other end of the airport getting ready to cross the fence and go off roading. :redface: Thing needs a anchor to hold it down.
Sounds are great. The Duke is a good turbine challenge and will teach how to stay ahead of the power curve. Climbs like a BOOH but just do not get behind on that power and keep a eye on that airspeed especially when your setting up for landing.
 
The Duke

Yes the Real Air Simulations Turbine Duke is just wonderful! Here it is with another Rob Young's creation, in Texel from the amazing NL2000 freeware scenery:

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Thank you Rob!

The Netherlands "NL2000 v4" scenery: nl-2000.com
Falcon 50 FSX by Lavigne, Banting, Young, Dantes: aquitaine.simulation.free.fr
Static Aircraft .mdl Maker: SAMM 1.0.0.7 by Don Grovestine
 
It might be because of my controller calibration, but I'm not having any problem managing the Duke on the ground. As per the operation manual, I keep the props in full fine, and the condition lever in low idle, throttles to idle. In that configuration, it doesn't move at all for me. To start the taxi, I push the condition levers to full, leaving the throttles at idle. It starts gently moving forward at that point. If it starts to taxi a little too fast, I retard the condition levers somewhat. Until I'm lined up and ready to take off, I don't touch the throttles.

Anyone who's fighting to keep it under control in taxi, are you using this method, or some other?
 
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